Day 223 -- Saint Hunna

Saint Hunna was the daughter of the duke of Alsace. She was the wife of a nobleman and lived in the Diocese of Strasbourg. They had one child, Deodatus, who was baptized by Saint Deodatus of Nevers, and he became a monk. Saint Hunna was devoted to the poor and helped the less advantaged, and her neighbors with their laundry. She died in 679 of natural causes. She was canonized by Pope Leo X. She is the patron of laundry workers and laundresses. In paintings, she is represented by a noblewoman surrounded by linens or a woman washing clothes for the poor and sick.